Francisco
Brings More Than a Foot of Rain to Japan
Francisco
has made a sharp turn toward the northeast which will keep the center
of the storm off the coast of Japan. However, it will still bring
heavy rain and a risk of flooding to part of the nation.
25
October, 2013, 11.01 ET
Although
the tropical storm has been following a track similar to deadly
Typhoon Wipha from last week, Francisco will pass farther offshore
and produce only a limited wind threat for eastern Japan.
The
greatest threat from Francisco will be the heavy rainfall that will
continue into Saturday before ending as Francisco is pulled farther
northeast into the open Pacific Ocean.
Thus
far, the heaviest rainfall has occurred across Shikoku and southern
Honshu, where many locations have received 150-250 mm (6-10 inches)
of rainfall. One of the hardest hit areas is Kochi, where rainfall
has totaled 313 mm (12.32 inches) through Friday evening, local time.
Across
the Tokyo metropolitan area, one of the hardest hit by Typhoon Wipha,
rainfall totals between 25-75 mm (1-3 inches) are forecast through
Saturday night.
The heaviest rainfall was still off to the south and
west of Tokyo Friday evening, local time, but a soaking rainfall is
expected from later Friday night into Saturday.
In
eastern Kyushu, Oita recorded 217 mm (8.54 inches) of rain. Morotsuka
has seen a extremely high amount of rainfall, reaching 381 mm (15
inches). The major city of Fukuoka in northern Kyushu has had 151 mm
(5.95 inches) of rainfall.
The
rainfall from Francisco will cause many areas across southern and
eastern Japan to reach 200-300 percent of their normal monthly
rainfall for October.
Radar
snapshot showing heavy rainfall from Francisco just west of Tokyo
Friday evening, local time.
Unlike
Wipha, the winds from Francisco will be noticeably lighter. Sustained
winds will be 20 to 30 mph with isolated gusts to 40 mph near the
coast of eastern Japan.
The
weakened state of Francisco is contributed to a number a factors,
including cooler northern waters and interaction with a frontal
boundary to the north. This front pushing through northern Japan will
also steer Francisco northeastward.
sh
northward over the open waters of the Pacific and will help pull
Francisco to the east of Japan.
Lekima,
which strengthened to a super typhoon Wednesday morning, EDT, was
estimated to have a central pressure of 905 mb, making it the
strongest typhoon of the 2013 season.
Weather
Warnings/Advisories: Fukushima
Updated
at 05:20 JST, 26 October 2013 (20:00 GMT)
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